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May 6, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

57m 46s

May 6, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

Episodes

  • April 10, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 10, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    S2024 E102 - 57m 46s

    Wednesday on the NewsHour, is inflation under control enough for the Fed to lower interest rates? We speak with a key player watching the economy. The Environmental Protection Agency puts strict limits on the amount of so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water. Plus, a look at the violent crackdown on some Christian groups in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

  • April 7, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 7, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E99 - 26m 45s

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, as the NCAA women’s basketball tournament wraps up, why women’s sports are reaching new heights in popularity and revenue. Then, how one community is working to preserve its mid-century architecture and the history behind it. Plus, the projected economic boon as millions of people travel to see Monday’s total eclipse of the sun.

  • President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address

    2h 14m

    Seeking reelection, President Joe Biden will use his State of the Union address to tout his first three years in office. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett host PBS NewsHour's special coverage of the speech with our panel of experts, including Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart.

  • Super Tuesday 2024 - PBS NewsHour special coverage: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Super Tuesday 2024 - PBS NewsHour special coverage

    26m 45s

    Super Tuesday, the biggest primary election day of the 2024 cycle, has arrived and voters in 16 states and one U.S. territory are casting their ballots. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennet host PBS NewsHour's special coverage with our panel of analysts.

Extras and Features

  • Muslim, Arab Americans hope to send Biden message about Gaza: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Muslim, Arab Americans hope to send Biden message about Gaza

    S2024 E58 - 3m 9s

    A campaign for Michigan voters to boycott President Biden in Tuesday's primary has picked up momentum. Muslim and Arab Americans are hoping to send a clear message to the president after months of frustration with the administration’s handling of the war in Gaza. Geoff Bennett reports.

  • Researchers use AI to decipher unreadable ancient scroll: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Researchers use AI to decipher unreadable ancient scroll

    S2024 E58 - 2m 48s

    Ancient scrolls that were buried in volcanic ash during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius are now being deciphered two thousand years later thanks in part to artificial intelligence. Martin Stew of Independent Television News reports from Oxfordshire, England.

  • Afghan activist's memoir details her fight to educate women: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Afghan activist's memoir details her fight to educate women

    S2024 E58 - 6m 12s

    When the Taliban roared back to power in Afghanistan in 2021, education activist Pashtana Durrani had some 7,000 girls enrolled in her organization. The schools were shuttered and Pashtana was forced to flee. She’s now living in exile in the U.S. and still working to educate girls back home. Amna Nawaz spoke with her about her remarkable story told in her new book, "Last to Eat, Last to Learn."

  • Israel plans for Rafah invasion amid cease-fire negotiations: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Israel plans for Rafah invasion amid cease-fire negotiations

    S2024 E58 - 5m 51s

    Jordan's king warned against a proposed Israeli raid of Rafah in Southern Gaza after the IDF sent an operational plan to the War Cabinet outlining its proposed invasion. Rafah is now home to more than 1.3 million Palestinians who have fled fighting elsewhere in Gaza. At the same time, negotiations continue over a cease-fire and deal to exchange hostages for prisoners. Nick Schifrin reports.

  • Asthma drug helps reduce allergic reactions to certain foods: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Asthma drug helps reduce allergic reactions to certain foods

    S2024 E58 - 4m 12s

    There's some relief for people with food severe allergies. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports the drug Xolair allows people with allergies to tolerate higher doses of allergenic foods before developing a reaction after accidental exposure. Geoff Bennett discussed more with the study’s principal investigator, Dr. Robert Wood of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on politics of Israel support: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on politics of Israel support

    S2024 E58 - 9m 29s

    NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including a potential protest vote against President Biden in Michigan, Donald Trump's primary win in South Carolina and Nikki Haley's status in the GOP race.

  • How vaccine hesitancy is playing into rising measles rates: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How vaccine hesitancy is playing into rising measles rates

    S2024 E57 - 5m 17s

    Vaccines have been proven to be an effective weapon against many diseases. Measles, for instance, was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000, and more recently, vaccines helped curb the spread of COVID. But both of those diseases are on the rise in 2024. PBS NewsHour digital health reporter Laura Santhanam joins John Yang to discuss why cases are climbing.

  • The story of Granny Hayden, a Black midwife and former slave: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The story of Granny Hayden, a Black midwife and former slave

    S2024 E57 - 3m 5s

    Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden was born into slavery on a plantation in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She remained there after being freed in 1865, going on to become a midwife. In this animated feature from our partners at StoryCorps, Hayden’s granddaughter Mary Othella Burnette tells her great-granddaughter, Debora Hamilton Palmer, about their family matriarch.

  • What a federal lawsuit means for kids health care in Florida: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What a federal lawsuit means for kids health care in Florida

    S2024 E57 - 8m 20s

    The end of pandemic-era protections has meant the end of Medicaid coverage for more than 17 million low-income Americans so far. Now, Florida is considering other changes to how it provides health insurance to children from low- to moderate-income families, expanding access for some and limiting it for others. KFF Health News correspondent Daniel Chang joins Ali Rogin to discuss what’s happening.

  • A look at what might be the brightest object in the universe: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A look at what might be the brightest object in the universe

    S2024 E57 - 1m 9s

    According to a paper published this past week in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists found what could be the brightest known object in the universe: a quasar produced by a massive and voracious black hole. It’s estimated to be emitting light that’s 500 trillion times more intense than Earth’s sun. John Yang has more.

  • How South Carolina may affect Haley’s fight for nomination: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How South Carolina may affect Haley’s fight for nomination

    S2024 E56 - 4m 26s

    Saturday’s South Carolina primary is a crucial test for former two-term Gov. Nikki Haley’s effort to puncture former President Donald Trump’s air of inevitability. Trump has big leads over Haley in both polling averages and the number of delegates already allocated. South Carolina Public Radio’s Thelisha Eaddy joins John Yang from Haley’s election night headquarters in Charleston to discuss.

  • What lies ahead for Ukraine, 2 years since Russia’s invasion: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What lies ahead for Ukraine, 2 years since Russia’s invasion

    S2024 E56 - 7m 3s

    Two years ago today, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Every day since then, an average of 42 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and wounded. More than 14 million people are in need of humanitarian aid and about 4 million have been displaced within Ukraine, with more than 6 million living as refugees around the world. Nick Schifrin joins John Yang to discuss his reporting.

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    May 7

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    Tuesday
    May 7

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    May 7

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    May 7

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    May 7

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    May 7

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    May 7

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    May 8

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    May 8

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    May 8

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    May 8

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    May 9

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    May 9

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